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Jason Scorse – Inequality
Jason Scorse reviews what happened with inequality during the pandemic
Unheard Voices with Ayo Banjo, president of the UCSC chapter of the NAACP
On Unheard Voices, Friday, March 12, 2021 Thairie Ritchie welcomed Ayo Banjo, president of the UCSC chapter of the NAACP. They discussed current events, including: the recent rally in response to the Outdoor Living Ordinance voted by the Santa Cruz City Council; the...
Waste, reuse and recycling – dissecting current market trends and legislation on recycling, producer responsibility, and how reuse and recycling conserves resources
Host Len Beyea lobs questions at a panel of solid waste reuse and recycling experts - including Mark Murray, Executive Director of Californians Against Waste; Doug Kobold, Executive Director of California Product Stewardship Council; Tina Forest, Resource Recovery...
Rockfish of Monterey Bay, Part 1
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily speaks with Moss Landing Marine Laboratories graduate student Kristin Saksa about her work on rockfish larvae "babies". Kristin's work focuses on how climate change will impact this vulnerable stage in rockfish life. This is...
Unheard Voices with Heidi Cartan & Super Nina
On Unheard Voices, Friday, March 5th 2021 host Gloria Nieto welcomed Heidi Cartan, Executive Director of Common Roots. This unique program produces organicvegetables, fruits, flowers, and eggs for sale to the public. A portion ofthe acreage is being built for...
Birds in Your Backyard: Great Horned Owls Part 2
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, we talk more about Great Horned Owls, following up on last month's episode. Learn about some of their special adaptations which make them such amazing hunters. They are some of the only predators around who eat skunks! Tune in to...
Kuumbwa keeps jazz alive in Santa Cruz and beyond
During a time when most clubs that feature live music are dark and empty, local nonprofit music venue Kuumbwa Jazz Center has persevered. Each Monday, in keeping with their pre-Covid tradition of Monday live shows, Kuumbwa features Youtube events filmed live at...
Shamanic Dreaming with Paul Overman
We talk about the Great Walk which includes the four components of dreams, meditation, inspired creativity and eco-spirituality with spiritual dream guide and shamanic dreamer Dr. Paul Overman. Paul shares some of his visionary experiences and suggests that by...
What’s New for Reproductive Rights
On Good News Santa Cruz, February 25, 2020 host Debora Bone welcomed Jessica Dieseldorff to discuss “What’s New for Reproductive Rights?” Jessica is a longtime nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, where she provides expertise and leadership for safe,...
Do citizens of Santa Cruz have a real say in development? The case of the 175-unit Riverfront project
Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea interviews Ron Pomerantz, one of 3 signatories to a letter to the Coastal Commission appealing the City of Santa Cruz' approval of a new 175-unit development fronting on both Front Street and the Riverfront Parkway in downtown Santa...